Article: The New Green Game: Tradable allowances for greenhouse gases may one day become the world's biggest commodities market.(Focus On Your Money)(Brief Article)

Giant multinational corporations aren't often seen as saviors of the rain forest. But this past May an American environmental nonprofit called The Nature Conservancy persuaded General Motors to part with $10 million for rebuilding a Brazilian rain forest devastated by water-buffalo ranching. GM's money will ensure that trees are replanted, and that what remains of the forest is preserved. While GM says its main motivation for this project was to "restore and preserve" the rain forest, the company also had one eye on the fast-developing global market in tradable pollution allowances. If the market develops as both economists and business executives expect, the automaker ...

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